Wednesday, 11 July 2018

11-07-18 Wednesday - Garganey

Temp 15 to 27℃. Cooler in morning but still muggy, cloudy in the evening

Garganey
Manx Shearwater
Red Kite
Whimbrel
Mediterranean Gull
Cuckoo
Hobby
Lesser Whitethroat
Redstart

11-7-18 Peregrines over Avon Gorge (Keith Williams)
BRISTOL

Avon Gorge:
2 juv Peregrine
11-7-18 Dipper, Snuff Mills (Somerset Wildlife)
Snuff Mills:
1 Dipper

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Oldbury Power Station:
1 Red Kite over lagoon 3, 1 Hobby, 1 juv/fem Redstart

11-7-18 Green Woodpecker, New Passage (Lisegirl)
New Passage:
2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Woodpecker, family Long-tailed Tits

11-7-18 Redstart, CSC (Mark Coller)
Chipping Sodbury Common:
13 Lapwing, 1 juv Cuckoo, 1 Little Owl, 6 Raven, 8 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Whitethroat, 2 Redstart

NORTH SOMERSET

Sand Point:
Manx Shearwater, 1 Whimbrel in Bay, 2 Swift and 85 Swallow going North again

RESERVOIRS

Blagdon Lake, 10th:
4 Common Sandpiper
11-7-18 Black-tailed Godwit, Moreton (Bob Brewer)
Chew Valley Lake:
218 Canada Goose, 1 Black Swan, 67 Mute Swan, 3 Shelduck + 4 Duckling, 1 Garganey, 34 Gadwall, 46 Teal, 120 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 69 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Egret, 3 Buzzard, 12 Lapwing, 6 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Common Sandpiper, 9 Green Sandpiper, 27 juv BH Gull, 2 juv Mediterranean Gull, 7 GBB Gull, 3 Stock Dove, 4 Collared Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Kestrel, 5 Jay, 3 juv Raven, 10 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 20 + H Martin, 5 Cetti'sWarbler, 5 Long-tailed Tit, 4 Chiffchaff, lots Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Starling, 5 Song Thrush, 7 House Sparrow, 3 Grey Wagtail, 27 Pied Wagtail, 20 Chaffinch, 5 Reed Bunting, rare Brown female Silver-washed Fritillary

11-7-18 Silver-washed Fritillary - Valezina, Moreton (Ian Stapp)
Only 10% of females are in this brown form
Out of UK
The Faroe Islands by Bob Brewer

Reports: Derek Angell, Bob Brewer, Mark Coller, David Goodliffe, Higgy, Peter Hazelwood, Lisegirl, Milbourne, Ian Stapp, Keith Williams